Abstract: Provided is a recording medium comprising an ink-receiving layer provided on at least one face of a base material, wherein a surface of the ink-receiving has the maximum specular glossiness within a measurement angle range of from 20° to 60°.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a recording medium for ink-jet recording, which comprises at least one first half-cut line formed in a machine direction (MD) and at least one second half-cut line perpendicular to the MD direction, wherein the half-cut lines are in the form of a series of perforations with a cut portion and an uncut portion alternately arranged continuously, and the length of the uncut portion in the first half-cut line is longer than the length of the uncut portion in the second half-cut line.

Abstract: In a system in which a computer terminal of a doctor, capable of entering audio data and an image and of data printing, is capable of communicating with a server managed by a third person and having a large-capacity memory apparatus, dialog data, containing an image and audio data in a dialog between the doctor and a patient, are transmitted from the computer terminal of the doctor to the server for storage in the large-capacity memory apparatus, then the audio data in the dialog data are recognized and converted into text data, clinical report data are generated from the text data, and the clinical report data are printed by the computer terminal of the doctor to generate a clinical report. The clinical report is shown to the patient and is given an approving signature, which is stored in correlation with the dialog data.

Abstract: Provided is a recording method for image formation on a recording medium by application thereon of an ink containing a water-soluble dye having an anionic group or a cationic group in the molecule: the recording medium comprising a substance having an ionic group counter to the anionic or cationic group of the water-soluble dye and having molecular weight of not higher than 1,000, and a polymeric substance having molecular weight of not lower than 2,000.

Abstract: A recording medium is provided which has an ink-receiving layer mainly composed of an inorganic pigment and a binder on one face of an ink-absorbent base sheet, and a cationic substance applied on, or impregnated into, the reverse face of the base sheet.

Abstract: An image-transfer medium for ink-jet printing, comprising a releasing layer and a transfer layer containing fine particles of a thermoplastic resin and a polymeric binder, provided on a base material, wherein the polymeric binder is a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is printing paper comprising, as principal components, pulp fibers and a filler, wherein fine particles having a particle diameter within a range of from 5 to 200 nm are held on the pulp fibers exposed on at least one surface of the printing paper in a state that their fibrous form is retained.

Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive vehicular communication apparatus capable of transferring image data containing a record of an accident to a safe, external location, the apparatus being usable in an ordinary automotive vehicle. The apparatus includes an image sensing device, a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by the image sensing device, a sensor for sensing impact, a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed, and an operation controller which, if impact has been sensed by the sensor, is for notifying a prescribed party via the portable terminal unless the portable terminal is removed from the portable-terminal holding device within a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: Provided is an inexpensive vehicular communication apparatus capable of transferring image data containing a record of an accident to a safe, external location, the apparatus being usable in an ordinary automotive vehicle. The apparatus includes an image sensing device, a data storage device for storing image data that has been captured by the image sensing device, a sensor for sensing impact, a portable-terminal holding device in which a portable terminal is capable of being placed, and an operation controller which, if impact has been sensed by the sensor, is for notifying a prescribed party via the portable terminal unless the portable terminal is removed from the portable-terminal holding device within a predetermined period of time.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an image-transfer medium for ink-jet printing, comprising a releasing layer and a transfer layer containing fine particles of a thermoplastic resins and a polymeric binder, provided on a base material, wherein the polymeric binder is a thermoplastic resin.

Abstract: Provided is a recording medium comprising an ink-receiving layer provided on at least one face of a base material, wherein a surface of the ink-receiving has the maximum specular glossiness within a measurement angle range of from 20° to 60°.

Abstract: Provided is a recording medium comprising an ink-receiving layer provided on at least one face of a base material, wherein a surface of the ink-receiving has the maximum specular glossiness within a measurement angle range of from 20° to 60°.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a printing medium, comprising a liquid-absorbent base material, an ink-receiving layer provided on the base material, which comprises a pigment, a binder and a cationic substance, and a surface layer provided on the ink-receiving layer composed principally of cationic ultrafine particles as inorganic particles.

Abstract: A neutralized printing paper which is made of a base paper and a cationic compound applied on a printing surface of the base paper. The paper has a surface pH value ranging from 6.0 to 7.5.

Abstract: An image-forming method using color ink having a surface tension of 25 to 40 dyne/cm. The color ink is applied to a glossy recording medium having a porous structure including a pigment, a binder and a cationic material.

Abstract: A cast coated paper for ink jet recording is prepared by a process including the steps of: forming on a base paper an undercoating layer containing alumina having a bulk density of at most 0.2 g/cm.sup.3 and an adhesive, applying onto the undercoating layer an overcoating liquid containing a resin to form a wet overcoating layer, and pressing the wet overcoating layer against a heated drum having a mirror-finished surface to dry the overcoating layer, thereby forming a cast-coating layer. The resultant cast coated paper shows not only good gloss and ink jet recording performances (inclusive of ink absorptivity and recorded image density), but also good weather-fastness of recorded images.

Abstract: A cleaning sheet suitable for use in cleaning a recording apparatus including a region having an adhesive property provided on at least a part of one surface of a base sheet, and the other surface of the base sheet has a surface roughness ranging from 15 um to 60 um in terms of a ten point mean roughness Rz at a reference length of 8 mm in accordance with JIS B 0601. The surface roughness A um and the adhesive strength of B gf/25 mm satisfy the following relationship:0.05.ltoreq.A/B.

Abstract: A recording method according to the present invention performs recording on recording materials using a recording apparatus having a separation pad which is brought into contact with a non-recording surface of one recording material of a recording material stack during feeding of the one recording material to a recording position to separate the one recording material from the other recording materials. The recording materials are those whose four sides are cut in a direction from the non-recording surface to a recording surface.

Abstract: A pressure-sensitive transferring protective covering material comprising at least (a) first flexible substrate, (b) an adhesive layer, (c) a solid resin layer, and (d) a second flexible substrate which are stacked in the named order, wherein said first flexible substrate (a) has a peel force of 30 g/inch to 120 g/inch against said adhesive layer (b), said adhesive layer (b) contains a hindered amine series light stabilizer and has a cohesion of 500 g/inch to 1500 g/inch, said solid resin layer (c) comprises a transparent resin layer containing a ultraviolet absorber and having a glass transition temperature of 50.degree. C. or above, and said second flexible substrate (d) has a peel force of 120 g/inch to 400 g/inch against said solid resin layer (c).A method for protecting and covering a print formed on an object using said pressure-sensitive transferring protective covering material.

Abstract: A cast coated paper for ink jet recording is constituted to include, in lamination: a base paper, an undercoating layer comprising a pigment and an adhesive, and a cast-coating layer comprising a polymer having a glass transition point of at least 40.degree. C. formed by polymerization of an ethylenically unsaturated monomer. The cast coated paper is preferably controlled to have an air permeability of at most 300 sec/100 cc. The undercoating preferably contains a cationic resin, particularly preferably a copolymer of a polyalkylenepolyamine and dicyandiamide. The cast coated paper thus produced with an excellent ink absorptivity suitable for ink jet recording while retaining a high surface gloss.